Catholic News Agency, Daniel Payne: The pastor of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City said the church has offered a Mass of Reparation after a controversial irreverent funeral service was held there this week for a well-known transgender advocate. … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: When the Council of Cardinals was created in 2013, Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras was named as the group’s chairman (the official term was “coordinator”). He continued in that role until March of last year, … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: The Archbishop of Milan surprised many Catholics with the news that he plans to take part in a seminar in the northern Italian city with the grand masters of Italy’s three Freemasonic lodges, despite the … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Have you been reading the stories in the mainstream media (MM) about the mass protests by European farmers? Have you been seeing footage of the huge caravans—the hundreds of tractors lined up in demonstrations, in one … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Jonah McKeown: The unveiling process for the newly rebuilt spire of Paris’ legendary Notre Dame Cathedral began this week, with the process expected to be completed in time for the 2024 Paris Olympics in July. Deconstruction of … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: The chapel was packed this morning. It always is, on Ash Wednesday. Every Catholic church can expect unusually large congregations today. This is the one day of the year—apart from Christmas Day—when a clever pastor might … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: One cannot help but be overawed when entering Canterbury Cathedral, whose origins date back to St. Augustine of Canterbury, the Benedictine monk sent by Pope St. Gregory the Great to evangelize the English in 597. … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Pope Francis is “very much in favor” of a female diaconate and is looking to extend to all the baptized “some rights” that until recently belonged only to bishops, priests and religious, an Italian theologian … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Re-reading Jesus of Nazareth, I find myself stopping frequently to meditate on Pope Benedict’s many incisive observations. But recently I was stopped in my tracks by what seemed an almost parenthetical remark: his observation that “the … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Tyler Arnold: A Nobel-prize winning biochemist and researcher who helped develop the mRNA technology used to create the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines — Katalin Karikó — is one of the newest members of the Vatican’s Pontifical … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Cardinal Gerhard Müller, the prefect emeritus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, said frequent efforts to try to clarify and explain Fiducia Supplicans(Supplicating Trust) are only deepening confusion and what is needed … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: This isn’t a culture war “The biggest mistake we make is in believing that we are in a so-called ‘culture war,’ writes the Irish scholar Mark Dooley, at the opening of an essay for The European … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Libero Milone, the Vatican’s first auditor general, will lodge an appeal after a Vatican tribunal last month rejected his demand for compensation on the grounds of unlawful dismissal. Milone told the Register that his lawyers … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Edward Pentin: A female Anglican bishop who has campaigned for “gender equality” addressed the Council of Cardinals on Monday as part of a session dedicated to deepening a reflection “on the role of women in the Church.” … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Walter Sanchez Silva: Héctor Aguer, the archbishop emeritus of La Plata, Argentina, criticized two cardinals who have expressed their support for the Vatican declaration Fiducia Supplicans, which allows for the blessing of homosexual couples. In an article … Continue reading
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